Kojima Productions: Do you really want Zone of the Enders 3?

However, it looks like their may still be a chance for a third Zone of the Enders title. In the latest episode of the Metal Gear Solid Integral podcast, the crew at Kojima Productions talk extensively about the franchise. They know that Zone of the Enders is a popular series amongst the diehard Kojima fans, but they question "How many people really want Zone of the Enders a sequel?", putting emphasis on the casual gamers, rather than the hardcore ones. The discussion ends with Aki Saito saying "if there's so many people wanting to see Zone of the Enders, why not put the priority on top, a little further up, you know, but we just want to know.", encouraging listeners to "make sure you write your comments and we'll check your comments out".

Taking control of rex is a life long dream for me ever since i played Metal Gear on the NES. I remeber when i was young i saw the the pic of metal gear on the cover and i thought i was to use it to fight but eventually i learned than i was suppose to destroy it lol!. The bike ride was great but it was introduced in MGS3 so it didn't really surprise me as much as taking control of Rex. With the extended gameplay on top of the music, the sound, the graphics and offcourse the story.

If they do, i hope tons more enemies on screen. I like the idea of that big battle level with all those LEV (or something) vs Orbital Frames. But wouldnt it be great an all out war between Earth and Mars and Jehuty is caught in the middle in space or somewhere.

Also, I hope they do gimp Naked Jehuty somehow... Naked Jehuty would be killing everything with one hit. Have Jehuty somehow lose all that power and have Earth create Orbital Frames that are like the size of Jehuty for one on one epic fights.

Giant bosses are always awesome! Let Naked Jehuty be unlockable after first play through or part of the story in the end.

Oh! They could say that since Jehuty was so jacked up damaged from taking on Aumann's explosion they could say it had to start back to it's initial configuration?

I couldn't agree more in the past few days I have been mentioning I want this game like crazy. Do we want it? two words HELL YEA!!!!!!!! Jehuty can finally go BANKAI,(Means Full Release) a game of epic proportions an length to satisfy those who can't stop wanting more. I can see this games intense style being brought to life like never before by the PS3's new capabilities an Kojima productions brilliance.

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That's crazy! I hated the first one soooo much! It amazes me that so many people could like that game... It amazes me that anyone likes that game. Collecting weapons was of no use, since all the other weapons were ridiculously underpowered compared to the original weapon. Only time I died on that game, was when I tried to use another weapon.

Dude, this is what I was expecting before the ps3 was even released. I Dont know why they haven't started on this yet? BTW, I dont know why people didn't like the first one's story. I really love the story. Watching the cg in the first one was awesome, the kid finds the mech, takes revenge for his family and fighting the communist army. That was the bomb.

No offense but that's PC talk BS ! in an ideal world devs would be pushing to the max each versions of their multi games , using each console's advantage ! Hell it used to be that way before the utter domination of the PS1-PS2 ...

Now all they care about is a unified next gen version , and a downgrade for psp... ps2 and sometimes (i insist on sometimes) Wii .

So of course i'd rather have it as an exclusive to a given platform ... so should any true Zoe fan .

Agreed, it could be a downloadable game for all I care, and I would still want it. As a matter of fact that is a good idea. That would be a good marketing Idea for Konami. Now if only xbox live would allow games to be bigger then 1 gig.

I'm not getting into the tech for each console here(I know what I kno and others agree to differ) but whars reslly onvious is that multis now gfimp themselves both ways to appease the fsnboys of eash half of their market which means we never get the best game for either platform-plain fact.

Look at it sinply like this. Say PS3 had more pretty colours and could have better and more movement on screen than 360 but 360 has less jaggies and is easy peasy qwuicky squeesy to make games on. What do you as a MP dev do make the very best game you possibly can and sod the owners of the system who, in this games case it doesn't suit? Why, so you lose half your market,lose all the publicity of pointless comp articles and upset MS and/or Sony? No you compromise and make a game thatdes ok on both but will never shine like MGS4, Gears1, Uncharted, Killzone2 or any other exclusive game tailored to be the very best game it can by eeking out every ounce of power from it's console. This gen while people would have you feel that exclusives are less important you have to remember that all the big competitive strides are being made in the realm of the exclusive purely because profit should never ever come before making the best piece of art/music or gaming that a xcreative team can and the multiplatform game places roo many restructions on the processfor them to compete witrh their exclusive cousins. So I'd rather SOE3 was exclusive to PS3(more fans there I believe so as an exclusive it makes moe sense there for me)But rather than it go multi and die like DMC4 did I'd rather see it exclusive to MS so they can at least amke the best agme for one of the platforms rather than gimping noth with each others shortcomings.

Kojima is a mastermind. One of my favorite games last generation was zone of the enders 1 and 2. Absolutely make a sequel. Kojima I hope you make part 3 of this wonderful futuristic series. I love your stories and the mentality behind them. Than you!!

I loved the first one even though I originaly only bought it for the mgs2 demo. Id buy this on 360 if they made it. If it was only on ps3 it would convince me to buy a ps3 when it comes out. I would love to see an upgrade ZOE.

I been spamming message( About this news) throughout the whole board and forum of different kind, and now i'am banned from gamer zone and can only leave message in the open zone. I'am happy that the ps3center pick it up this news. Now my job can be laid to rest, and let the hype begins * sigh*

Go comment the page now!!!!!! This is like a encore and we have to get a third one. I rather it go multi but have the 360 be gimp just to let them know that their disc medium isn't good but i want them to play this upcoming masterpiece. Just have the the ps3 version coming with everything and the 360 compressed and gimped it to however they want to fit their dvd9.

I can still remember the sorrow i felt in ZOE-1 in the ending when the "guy" ask "ADA" what she is going to do now.....

And she answers: My mission is to go to mars and self destruct then shut down her self... damn i felt like a friend should leave and never comme back :(. Tho ZOe2 was AWESOME and i saw my dead "ADA" again...

So PLZZZZ do a ZOE 3. i want to see the "ADA" in her high deff glory EXCLUSIVE on ps3!!!!... ADA + MECH + HUGE FIGHTS ALL IN 1080p = OMFG!!!

ZOE is one of the reasons why I'm disappointed with most mech games these days. ZOE is a fun, user-friendly game that's given me an over-inflated expectation of how most mech games should be played these days. Any time Kojima wants to bring out ZOE 3, I'll certainly not waste time complaining.

If there's an arcade in your area with Gundam next, I recommend it. It's generally 2 vs. 2 matches since so many people play it, but if you get the chance, 2 vs CPU is really fun, b/c you and a partner can play against the computer in closed terrain battles.

If not, I recommend downloading the japanese version of some of the gundam games for the PSP (assuming you have *ahem (^_-)* a soft-modded PSP). They're great games played via PSP wifi if you can find a partner to play with/against.

i love zoe good ass story good ass game play graphics the whole shebang the first one was soo short i playe dit liek 8 times through and i just got teh second one and imma play it when im done with killzone 1 and 2 i hope they make a ton more

A new Zone of the Enders would be cool. But I want to see a new Snatcher or Policenauts game first. It has been a long time from when they first came out and a sequel to either one or a remake would be very welcomed. But after those games get a Sequel or remake I want ZOE3.